Political Quotes

“Ladies and gentlemen of the House, I share my friend from Texas' goal, but I don't share his way of meeting that goal. I certainly think that any uniformed person who reports something that they are reasonably suspicious of should be protected by the Whistleblower Act and should not have to worry about political correctness or any other standard, but I think that's already the law. The whistleblower law that already exists frankly says if you blow the whistle on someone for doing something wrong, you are protected. It is wrong to plan to shoot people on a military base or commit treason against the country, but it is not wrong to look a certain way or be a certain way or think a certain way. So I think that the whistleblower protection, as it exists, protects the situation that my friend from Texas wants to protect, and I believe we all want to protect. So while I would share his objective in this matter, I think that this amendment is not necessary because present law solves that problem and protects that whistleblower.”